Wednesday, August 24, 2005

My New New Favorite Tomato

This is one of my "Green Zebra" tomatoes -- my new favorite. These are not heirloom tomatoes, per se, but are an open-pollinated variety. Once I finally figured out they were ripe (hint: it's when the fruit becomes slightly soft to the touch and the background color turns a yellowish chartreuse), I found them to be pleasingly tart-sweet, like salsa verde. They also look pretty cool sliced on a plate with dark red and orange tomatoes. Two (green) thumbs up.

Oh, don't be embarrassed! I suspect that what you lack in variety you make up for in volume...none of my tomatoes are particularly big. That might be because the tomatoes are container-grown. Monday-morning quarterbacking, I wondered if they would have put more energy into the fruit if I'd pruned them. But...I'm not canning them, I'm snacking on them, so it's all good.;-)